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Front view
Operator display panel Left mounting flange Up to 24 disk drives Right mounting flange
Tab for changing the shelf ID (See the Hardware Universe for supported disk drives)
Two-digit shelf ID digital display
Drive
Bays
0-3
- activity
4 7
Shelf ID
digital 8 11
display
window
12 15
16 19
Left ear cover Disk drive bay numbering 0-23 Right ear cover
20 23
Rear view
Note: DS4243 shelves
ACP ports SAS ports ship with two or four
IOM fault LED power supplies,
depending on the type
IOM3
of disk drives.
LNK
LNK
Power supply LEDs:
power Note: Disk shelves with
two power supplies
IOM3
DC fault
fan fault occupy the PSU 1 and
AC fault PSU 4 locations, as
shown in the following
slot map label.
Note: The ACP and IOM3
LNK
LNK
2 I/O blanks
Note: New DS4243 and DS4246 disk shelves are visually distinguished by the following labeling:
The disk shelf model, DS4243 or DS4246, appears on the front right ear cover of the disk shelf.
IOM3 appears on the IOM face for DS4243 disk shelves. IOM6 appears on the face of the IOM
Component replacement map
for DS4246 disk shelves.
The illustrations in this document show a DS4243 disk shelf.
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Hot-adding disk shelves
Up to 24
disk drives If you are hot-adding disk shelves to an existing storage system, see the applicable document
for the system requirements and procedure:
For storage systems, see the DS4243, DS2246, DS4486, and DS4246 Disk Shelf Installa-
tion and Service Guide.
For MetroCluster systems using SAS optical cables, see Configuring a stretch MetroCluster
Two or four system with SAS disk shelves and SAS optical cables.
power supplies For MetroCluster systems using FibreBridge 6500N bridges, see Configuring a MetroCluster
Back system with SAS disk shelves and FibreBridge 6500N bridges.
To use the ACP capability, you must cable the ACP ports on the disk shelves and connect
Power supplies and disk drives are hot-swappable. the disk shelves to the dedicated network interface on each storage system controller. At
(Replace the power supply within two minutes of removal to system setup, you enable ACP functionality by configuring ACP parameters. If your
minimize disruption to the disk shelfs airflow.) storage system does not have a dedicated onboard network interface for ACP, you assign
one at system setup.
Shelf IOMs are not hot-swappable in storage systems that
are single-controller single-path configurations. Standard ACP cabling rules apply to all storage systems and can be found in the Univer-
sal SAS and ACP Cabling Guide. ACP functionality, configuration, and enabling informa-
Mixing IOM3 and IOM6 in the same disk shelf is not supported. tion can be found in the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide.
For component replacement instructions, LED behavior, and SES Note: If at initial storage system setup you choose not to use the ACP capability, you can
error messages, see the DS4243, DS2246, DS4486, and use it later by cabling the ACP connections and enabling ACP by running setup again.
DS4246 Installation and Service Guide.
NetAp
p
110 lbs (49.9 kg)
Note: One power outlet is required for each
power supply in a disk shelf. To reduce the weight of the
disk shelf, remove the
power supplies and IOMs
before lifting.
Note: Depending on the disk drive type, your disk shelf might have two or four !
4 Cable the system Note: To cable MetroCluster systems with SAS optical cables or
If you are using HBAs, they must already be installed in the storage system. FibreBridge 6500N bridges, see the applicable guide: Configuring a
1. Cable controllers. stretch MetroCluster system with SAS disk shelves and SAS optical
cables or Configuring a MetroCluster system with SAS disk shelves
See the documentation that came with your storage system for how to cable the controllers.
and FibreBridge 6500N bridges.
2. Cable disk shelves.
Following are steps to cable two common configurations. For SAS and ACP rules, and more cabling configurations, see the Universal SAS and ACP Cabling Guide.
Single controller with two quad-port SAS HBAs supporting two stacks of disk shelves
Dual-path connectivity
1 Daisy-chain SAS ports 2 Cable first shelf SAS connections 3 Cable last shelf SAS connections 4 Cable ACP connections
Controller 1 Controller 1 Controller 1 Controller 1
HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2
HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2
A A A A A A
A A
B B B B B B
B B
C C Ethernet port Ethernet port Ethernet port Ethernet port
C C C C C C
D D D D D D
D D
High availability (HA pair) with two quad-port SAS HBAs supporting two stacks of disk shelves
Multipath HA connectivity
1 Daisy-chain SAS ports 2 Cable first shelf SAS connections 3 Cable last shelf SAS connections 4 Cable ACP connections
Controller 1 Controller 2 Controller 1 Controller 2 Controller 1 Controller 2 Controller 1 Controller 2
HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2 HBA 1 HBA 2
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
C C Ethernet port C C Ethernet port Ethernet port Ethernet port C C Ethernet port C C Ethernet port Ethernet port Ethernet port
C C C C C C C C
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Last
Last
Last shelf
Last shelf
shelf shelf